FS700 - Snow + Cold

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AndrewSP

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I'm scheduled to shoot a low budget feature at the end of the month, and a large percentage of the scenes take place outside and it's 50/50 day and night.

It is going to be sub freezing temperatures, and to be honest I am not used to shooting in the cold like this.

What I'm wondering is how up to the task the FS700 is with the bare body in snow/cold. If it's going to crap out or be adversely affected, what would you guys recommend?

Any advice or suggestions for a cover would be fantastic.
 
AndrewSP said:
I'm scheduled to shoot a low budget feature at the end of the month, and a large percentage of the scenes take place outside and it's 50/50 day and night.

It is going to be sub freezing temperatures, and to be honest I am not used to shooting in the cold like this.

What I'm wondering is how up to the task the FS700 is with the bare body in snow/cold. If it's going to crap out or be adversely affected, what would you guys recommend?

Any advice or suggestions for a cover would be fantastic.
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No problems with the FS100 here in Alaska this winter.
Just watch the batteries they go dead faster when
it gets cold. If you need to you can use the trick
where you tape handwarmers to the camera and
batteries.
 
Well, what both of you guys said makes me feel a lot more confident about this. I have used cameras in cold weather, but never below 32/0 for longer than an hour or two. Even at those times, it's tough to get it out of my head that this incredibly expensive piece of electronics is more hardy than I think it is by appearance alone.
 
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AndrewSP said:
Why both of you guys said makes me feel a lot more confident about this. I have used cameras in cold weather, but never below 32/0 for longer than an hour or two. Even at those times, it's tough to get it out of my head that this incredibly expensive piece of electronics is more hardy than I think it is by appearance alone.
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So you can make a soft "COVER" yourself.. if you are able to sew :) .. Just make one hole for lens and maybe another for hand .. .with rubber ring around it .. place couple hand warmers inside, near the battery, and DON'T FORGET TO PLACE CAMERA AND LENSES IN your camera bag when you finish it and KEEP them IN CAMERA BAG 2-3 hours when you step inside your house!! to prevent water condensing inside the camera and lenses :)
 
SergeSmArt said:
So you can make a soft "COVER" yourself.. if you are able to sew :) .. Just make one hole for lens and maybe another for hand .. .with rubber ring around it .. place couple hand warmers inside, near the battery, and DON'T FORGET TO PLACE CAMERA AND LENSES IN your camera bag when you finish it and KEEP them IN CAMERA BAG 2-3 hours when you step inside your house!! to prevent water condensing inside the camera and lenses :)
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Great advice. I can't sew sadly, but I think a clear garbage bag will do the trick until I can find a decent rain cover.
 
I just got home from a job in Austria.
In one location we had the FS700 out there in blistering cold. -20 Celsius and really, really storm winds. At some point the camera and the controls where almost entirely covered by snow, and I had no chance to see that the hell happened on the LCD screen as it was so slow due to the temperature, and the snow was all over it.

I was so sure that the camera did take damage, but it didn't! After it dried up and got warm it worked like a charm. I was sure the bottoms did take damage from water, but nope - it did it like a champ! :)
 
I post this often but one more time. Not garbage bags... Go to a big box store like walmart. Get ziplock moving bags that come in very large sizes. if it is blowing snow or such slip the whole camera into one of these bags so it fits loosely.Do this out of the weather obviously. Cut a hole for the lens and put a filter on it along with a rubber band to hold the plastic around the lens. It should be easy enough to operate since they are clear bags. You can use the viewfinder that comes with the 700 and cut another hole or an external monitor with a cable.
 
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